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Low 2.5Published Feb 21, 2026

CVE-2026-2913libvips source.c vips_source_read_to_memory heap-based overflow

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It affects n/a libvips. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A vulnerability was determined in libvips up to 8.19.0. The affected element is the function vips_source_read_to_memory of the file libvips/iofuncs/source.c. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: a56feecbe9ed66521d9647ec9fbcd2546eccd7ee. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. The confirmation of the bugfix mentions: "[T]he impact of this is negligible, since this only affects custom seekable sources larger than 4 GiB (and the crash occurs in user code rather than libvips itself)."

CVSS
2.5 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-122, CWE-119
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
VulDB
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Feb 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
n/a libvips
libvips:libvips
8.0; 8.1; 8.2; 8.3; 8.4; 8.5; 8.6; 8.7; and 12 more ranges
CNA record
libvips libvips
libvips:libvips
through 8.19.0
NVD

References

References

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